Children, Youth, and Families At Risk
Iowa State University Extension
Project Goals
The statewide goals for Iowa's Children, Youth, and Families At Risks (CYFAR) project are to improve the ability of families who are at risk to raise children who are healthy, contributing citizens and to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families and to build community capacity to support these families.
Families form the core of a community. Families care for children and dependent adults, prepare children for school and life, and provide a safe haven for their members. When families are strong, communities thrive. When communities are strong and support families, families thrive.
Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14
Parents want to protect their children, but it’s hard. They are challenged to keep their children’s small setbacks, from leading to serious behavior problems like drug and alcohol abuse. And, kids need skills to help them resist the peer pressure that leads to dangerous behaviors.
The Strengthening Families Program 10–14 can help. It is designed for parents or caregivers and their children ages 10 to 14. The goal of the program is to prevent substance abuse in youth by building youth skills and giving parents more tools to help their children become responsible young adults.
This program gets results
The Strengthening Families Program 10–14 has been evaluated with hundreds of families. Analysis has shown positive results for both parents and their children.
• Youth had significantly lower rates of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use compared to youth who were not in the program.
• Youth had significantly fewer conduct problems in school.
• Parents improved skills including building a positive relationship with their youth, setting appropriate limits, and following through on consequences. Learn more about SFP 10-14...